Financial Times 17,960 by BOBCAT

This is my 100th Financial Times blog. It is hard to believe that I have been posting here since 2022. By now, solving the solid clues of a Bobcat puzzle feels like chatting with an old friend. I very much appreciate all of the comments and support I have received so far.

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Azed lunch

Solvers of The Observer’s Azed crossword, both regular and occasional, are invited to a special lunch to celebrate puzzle No. 2,750 at Wolfson College, Oxford on Saturday 3rd May, followed by afternoon tea at Azed’s Oxford home.  For full details please email heald (dot) richard (at) gmail.com.

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Quick Cryptic 43 by Picaroon

This is the forty-third Guardian Quick Cryptic, a series of 11 x 11 crosswords designed to support beginners learning cryptic crosswords.  The whole point of these crosswords is support and encouragement of new solvers, so special rules for these crosswords apply – see here – those rules include not posting solving times.  This puzzle can be found here.

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